1.Dee-su-gaw-skee1
Scraper, b. about 1778 in
Cherokee Nation East, (son of Oo-ka-wor-dar and Wah-le-yah) d. about 1854 in Goingsnake
District, I. T.;Military- Served in
the Creek War of 1812 and drew a pension from the U.S. Government, buried in
Scraper Cemetery (no surviving marker).

Like many of the Cherokee, Scraper was forced to move farther
west from time to time as the invasion of white people gradually forced the
Cherokee to leave their homes and start over, in hopes of living in peace
without having to deal with the intruders.Scraper may have been originally from deep within the Old Nation in what
is currently known as North Carolina or Tennessee.The family moving westward across Tennessee and/or Georgia as the
white settlers pushed ever deeper into the Cherokee country.Eventually Scraper made his home in what may
have previously been Creek territory, in present day Alabama.

One wonders what must have gone through the fullblood's head
when he realized he was falling for the beautiful Tiana Smith who was said to
be 1/4 white.It may have eased any
apprehension he may have had as he got to know her father, Chief Cabin Smith,
who was known for trying to hold on to the old ways, trying to save the
Cherokee culture and prevent his people from becoming uncivilized from their
contact with the white race.Love must
have conquered any worries about Tiana being part white, as Scraper married her
and they raised several children in the area which later carried the family
name, 'Scraper Mountain'.More about Scraper
Mountain

An 1842 claim by Scraper confirms that he lived in the area of
Scraper Mountain Alabama on the Chatooga River near Ft Armstrong in
1813-14.His claim also mentions that
he lived at Rabbit Trap, Goingsnake District, Cherokee Nation West in 1842 and
that he had come west in the Rich Taylor detachment.

Old Man Scraper, as
he was called, was often simply referred to as 'Scraper' or
'Dee-su-gaw-skee'.Buster Scraper once
said that his grandfather (Arch Scraper) used to be called Scraper Sixkiller, I
believe that he actually meant to say that his great-grandfather used to be
called Scraper Sixkiller.Within the
Miller roll app for Bessie England# 15925, she claims for her
great-grandfather, Sixkiller or Tee-soo-gor-ske.

The name Scraper, is
the English word for Dee-su-gaw-skee, which is Cherokee for scraping the hides,
or one who scrapes the hides.As
English speaking traders became more common in Indian Territory, and the U.S.
government sent their officials in to establish census records, many Cherokee
took on English names.Thus, the one
who scrapes the hides, Dee-su-gaw-skee, during times when English was spoken or
written, came to be called Scraper.

Tesuguskee (Scraper)
was listed on the Horseshoe Bend muster roll in John McLemore's unit in the
Service of the United States against the hostile Creeks.The Cherokee Nation did not vote to join the
Americans in fighting the Red Stick Creek faction, but many Cherokee
volunteered hoping that the white people would be grateful and have respect for
the Cherokee people and stop invading their lands.The Cherokee also understood that if they did not show support to
the white people by helping in this war, they were next in line.

Scraper was a
candidate for Councilor in 1828 of the Legislature of the Cherokee Nation
representing the District of Chattooga.His brother-in-law, Archilla Smith was also a candidate.

The Alabama census of
1835, for Chatouga, Wills County, shows a Scraper household (no first name
given) containing: Eight fullbloods.Owned one slave.Two farms.Three farmers.Three readers of Cherokee and three of English.One weaver and one spinner.

According to the
Drennon Roll of 1851, Scraper was living in Goingsnake District at that time
with his son, Otter (Che-yah).Otter
still lived in Scraper Hollow at that time, although he later moved a few miles
west to the Wauhilla area.One family
legend has told that Scraper did not come west during the removal with Tiana
and their children, but may have instead came with a different detachment,
possibly with a 2nd wife & children.Charley Scraper states on his Miller roll application that his father
died in Goingsnake District.

Before the Trail of Tears, Runabout was
living in Spring Creek Valley Chattooga District Cherokee Nation East (present
day Cherokee County, Alabama)

In April 1842 Runabout is living in
Flint District Cherokee Nation West.He
filed a claim for loss of nine acres of corn stolen by a white man back in the
old Nation in the fall of 1835.The
white man had made a false claim against Runabout in order to attempt to
justify the theft.This was a common
practice at that time and aided the white invaders in more swiftly driving the
Indians off their lands.Kulsti Muskrat
was witness to Runabout claim and lived a close neighbor to him in the old
nation at Chattooga Valley, present day Alabama.

Oct 14th 1836 his Spring Creek place
appraised at $207 including a 15' by 16' cabin, 1/2 acre enclosed yard, 14' by
12' stable, a field of 5 3/4 acres and one of 4 acres both well fenced, another
cabin 13' by 13', and a 20' deep well.

According to Civil War records,
Alexander had a dark complexion, with grey eyes and black hair.He stood 5' 6" tall and he was listed
as a farmer.

Tiania was referred
to as a Cherokee Princess of the Paint Clan.The title, Princess, was bestowed upon her by the white people, because
she was the daughter of a chief.The
Cherokee did not have Royalty, and did not use titles of that kind.

Tiania and family
came across the Trail of Tears, 1838-39.They were believed to have been in the Richard Taylor detachment. Tiania
Scraper had her daughter and 4 sons along with her on the trail, Sally, George,
Archibald, Otter, and Charlie.George
was married and had his wife & son along with him(Willis, George's first born son, did not survive the Trail of Tears).Archibald was about 17 years old and was a
scout on the trail.They arrived in
March 1839, at the old Baptist Mission on Spring Creek.

According to family
history, Tiana and the Scraper family began life in the new territory by
building a cabin, planting crops, and setting out to make this new land their
home.They settled in a beautiful
hollow about 15 miles east of Tahlequah and about 7 miles southwest of the new
Baptist Mission.Before long the
crowded conditions in the cabin prompted the Scrapers to build a larger cabin,
this one of the 'dog trot'style, the two sections being separated by a porch in
the middle.

By 1851 Tiana was
believed to have passed away, but her family continued to prosper and each of
her children had built separate cabins for themselves all within a mile or two
of each other there in what had come to be known as 'Scraper Hollow'.

George and his wife
Louisa had six children by this time and stayed in Scraper Hollow until the mid
1860's when they moved to Cooweescoowee District and settled along the
Verdigris River.Later they moved to Vinita
where George was a Cherokee Nation District Judge for many years.Scraper Street in Vinita is named after
George.

Archie had married Nellie McIntosh and had two daughters by
1851.Nellie was a half-sister to
George's wife Louisa and probably came on the Trail of Tears with her sister
and the Scrapers.Archie built a cabin
above the big spring (Scraper Spring) about a mile north of the original
Scraper cabin near the Scraper Cemetery, and it was here that his children were
born and raised.He later built a large
2-story log house across the road to the west.This 2-story house was where Archie took his friend Zeke Proctor to
nurse wounds from the shoot-out at the Whitmire Schoolhouse.The house was riddled with bullets from the
fight that broke out when marshals came looking for Zeke.Zeke had slipped out the back and
escaped.Archie bought Zeke as much
time as he could before surrendering so that his family, who were in the house,
would not be harmed.Archie & Ellis
Foreman were arrested and taken to Ft. Smith.

According to the
Drennen Roll of 1851, Otter Scraper & his father 'Deesugawskee' or 'The
Scraper', were living in the same residence in Goingsnake District at the
time.Family legend suggests that
Deesugawskee may have come to Indian Territory on the Trail of Tears with
another wife (other than Tiana) & family and settled in Delaware
District.Possibly he stayed with his
son Otter in Scraper Hollow part of the time and stayed with family in Delaware
District or elsewhere at other times.Otter later married Sallie Fishinghawk, had a couple of children, and
moved to the Wauhillau area.His
daughter Jennie was a wife of the famous Cherokee Ned Christie.

Little is known about
Charley Scraper.After leaving Scraper
Hollow he moved 9 or 10 miles west to the Welling area where he lived out the
remainder of his life.He refused to
sign the Dawes roll, because he understood all too well that it was another
attempt by the white establishment to steal land and rights from the Indians (a
neighbor signed him up anyway).He was
assigned an allotment of land several miles away on the far side of Tahlequah,
but may have never seen it as he died a year or two later.Howard Walkingstick recalled hearing of
Uncle Charley, that he was a good, kind man, and that apparently he had never
married.

Sallie Scraper
married Watie Cummings(also known as Coming Weight).By 1851 they had 3 children and were living in Scraper
Hollow.She died during the Civil War.

Children:

iv.Ice Scraper, d. in as a young child.

4.v.George
Washington Scraper b. 13 Dec 1818.

5.vi.Archibald
Scraper b. 1820.

6.vii.Otter
(William C.) Scraper b. ABT 1832.

viii.Charley Scraper, b. about Nov 1834 in
Cherokee Nation East, d. 21 Nov 1911 in near Tahlequah, buried in Manus
Cemetery, near Welling, Cherokee Co., Okla.His Cherokee name was Wah-hoo-kah (Owl).Charley moved from Scraper Hollow a few miles west to Welling
where his cousin John Smith and family lived.John was the grandson of Charley's Uncle Smoke Smith.When Charley passed away, it was John who
handled the burial arrangements and had a headstone placed to mark Charley's
final resting place.

On the 1900 census Charley shows up
in the household of his niece, Jennie (daughter of Otter Scraper).

According to some family members, Dee-su-gaw-skee Scraper who
married Chic-yoo-she is the same man who married Tiana Smith, although I have
not been able to confirm this via written records, I will at this time list him
as such.Uncle Charlie Scraper lists
his half brothers (Oo-le-nah-we Scraper, Runabout Scraper, & Wilson
Scraper), on his Miller roll application, but does not mention the children
ofDee-su-gaw-skee & Chic-yoo-she
as being half siblings.As for the
children of Chic-Yoo-She and'Dee-su-gaw-skee',Aunt Marge
used to have more information showing the relationship between these Scraper
families & us, but it is gone with her passing, and the loss of her notes
when fire took their home. ( JSJr )

He immigrated with his family from Cherokee Nation East to Indian
Territory during the spring of 1837 under the direction of Cherokee removal
superintendant Nathaniel Smith.They
traveled by boat (the Steamer Newark) and traveled by train part way when the
river was too low for boat traffic near Decatur, Alabama.

He married Susannah __________, b. ABT 1810 in CherokeeNationEast, d. OCT 1883.Susannah:
Cherokee name is Ar-ly.

He married Lydia John, b. in Cherokee Nation East,
(daughter of John Negoll and __________) d. OCT 1898.

Children:

i.Jennie3
Wilson.

ii.Yute-dee-nah Wilson.

12.iii.Runabout
Wilson b. 1848.

iv.Lucy Wilson, b. 1854.

She
married Caleb Birdchopper, b. ABT 1859.Caleb was a grandson of Katie Sanders and a
grandnephew of Clinton & James Sanders.

4.George Washington2
Scraper, (Dee-su-gaw-skee1) b. 13 Dec 1818 in Cherokee Nation
East, near the Chattooga River, d. 5 Oct 1899 in Rowe's Prairie, I.T., 20 miles
east of Pryor Creek, at the home of his daughter, Eliza Rowe.Military- Captain Company K, Aug.
1861.Captain Company G , Dec. 1861.On about Dec. 8th 1861, George was a member
of a peace delegation from Drew,s regiment.That night they switched to the Union side, at Opothleyahola's camp,
along with 600 other Cherokee.Cherokee
name was Too-wa-d-gus-nah-ge (Blackhawk).Also called Oonaguchey or Oo-ne-goo-sti-gi.

George was a wagoner
on the 'Trail of tears'.He was in charge
of 2 teams and was paid $5.00 per day, per team, or a total of $1440 for 144
days on the trail. (Richard Taylor detachment)

George was the
Sheriff of GoingSnake District, 1841 & 1843, he posted bond as Sheriff in
Oct 1843 with Thomas Foreman and Wahache as security.

He was a Senator in 1849.He was a Delegate to Washington representing the Cherokee People, 1864
& 1870.He lived in GoingSnake
District and moved from there to Coo-wee-scoo-wee District.In 1876 George was appointed Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of the Cherokee Nation.He was a Judge of Saline district in 1881.

George was a Judge in
Vinita, Okla. for many years.Scraper
Street in Vinita is named after George.

He was elected councilor of the Cherokee Nation for GoingSnake
District, 1855, 1857, & 1859-60.

Cherokee AdvocateFebruary 15, 1886

Vinita, Indian Territory

Hon. George W Scraper who has been very feeble this winter, has
been very low for several days past; talking into consideration his advanced
age, not much hope is entertained of his recovery.

Name: George W. Scraper

Regiment State/Origin: Confederate Troops

Regiment Name: 1 Cherokee Mounted Rifles.

Regiment Name Expanded: 1st Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles,
CSA

Company: GRank In: CaptainRank Out: CaptainFilm Number: M818 roll 21

Name: George W. Scraper

Side: Union

Regiment Name: 2 Indian Home Guards, Kans. Inf.

Regiment Name Expanded: 2nd Regiment, Indian Home Guards, Kansas
Infantry

Note that this Civil War claim shows some of the battles he was
involved in.Also the claim indicates
that he suffered severe losses at his home, which was in Scraper Hollow during
the war.

1 mule saddle & bridle by Rebs in 1863$125.00

1 sorrel horse lost on Fourteen Mile Creek Battle85.00

1 sorrel horse taken at Bird CreekDec 186175.00

1 bay pony stolen by Feds at Ft. Gibson in 186350.00

1 iron grey horse by Feds at Ft. Gibson in 1863125.00

1 clay bank horse took by Rebs from home85.00

1 bay mare took by Rebs from home125.00

1 iron grey horse took by Rebs from home100.00

1 bay horse saddle & bridle -85.00

lost by son Wm.in the Bird BattleDec 1861

1 bay pony took by Rebs in 186260.00

Feb. 19, 1862 for 251 1/4 bushel corn251.25

at 1.00 per bushelrebs 1862

"78 bundles of fodder @ 2
ct.1.56

Total$1167.81

Witnesses: Thos Sanders
& Jas Foster

Original in the 'Cherokee Papers' at the Oklahoma Historical
Society, Oklahoma City, Okla.

He married Feb 1834 in Cherokee Nation east, (Wills Valley,
Alabama, Albany Missionary Station,by
William Chamberlain), Louisa McIntosh, b. 21 Mar 1817 in Cherokee
Nation East (Alabama), (daughter of Martin McIntosh and Jennie ___________) d. 14 Jan 1895 in Vinita,
I.T., buried in Fairview Cemetery, Vinita, OK.Louisa’s Cherokee name was Nu-goo-di-yi or Nee-goo-di-yi.Louisa & George strongly adhered to the
ancient Cherokee tradition of never turning away anyone in need.No matter how difficult times were or how
little food or money was on hand, homeless children could always find shelter
at the Scraper house.Despite having
many children of their own to feed and care for, Louisa and her husband were
known to have taken in and raised as their own upwards of 12 orphan children.

Vinita
Indian Chieftain, Thursday Jan 17th 1895--

Two lives that for sixty years have been
all in all to each other were separated Monday to meet no more until the dawn
of eternity.Mrs. George Scraper, wife
of Judge George Scraper, died the night of the 14th at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. G. W. Clark, in this city.Deceased was eighty-one years of age; the immediate cause of her death
was Bright's disease.The funeral took
place Tuesday afternoon.Mrs. Clark
wishes to acknowledge the graditude of herself and family towards the few
friends and neighbors who visited them in their recent days of sadness,
tendering words of sympathy and consolation, and performing acts of kindness
and love.

i.Willis3
Scraper, b. 5 Mar 1835 in near
Scraper Mountain, Cherokee Nation East, d. SEP 1838 in -on Trail of Tears-,
buried on the East bank of the Mississippi river, along the Trail of
Tears.Cherokee name was
Too-ward-gus-na-gi.

We
acquainted with William M. Scraper. We belong the 2nd Reg Indian
HomeGuards.On the 16th day of July
1863 we were ordered from Ft. Gibson to Honey Springs I. T. (near
Muskogee?)We marched all day and all
that night.About daylight we was
called to halt, and William Scraper lay down on the ground and when he got up
he said he had a pain in his side.Got
worse and applied for furlough.It was
granted.Went home.The disease grew worse and worse, settled on
his lungs and on about 18th September 1864 he died of consumption at home
Goingsnake District Cherokee Nation.

5.Archibald2
Scraper, (Dee-su-gaw-skee1) b. 1820 - 1824 in Cherokee Nation East
(Alabama), d. 13 May 1904 in Scraper Hollow, GoingSnake District, I.T.;Military- Lieutenant Archibald Scraper was captured
on 7-15-1862 along with Chief John Ross, his brothers Lewis& William Ross, & others.They (and 200 other Cherokee) switched to
the Union side; they became the 3rd Kansas Indian Home Guard Regiment.

Arch and his brother
George enlisted Oct 1861 in Co. G, 1st Regt, Cherokee Mounted Rifles, for 12
months.He was Captain of Co. D, 2nd
Indian Home Guard regiment, Union Army.At one time Arch had 1000 men under his command.He was involved in the battle at Cabin Creek
(near Vinita) fall of 1864 & the Battle of Bentonville, AR.He mustered out at Ft Gibson on
5-31-1865.

Joseph Little, the father of Archie's last wife, Mary Ross
Little, wanted Archie and Mary's first son, Frank (Joseph Franklin), to be
named Benjamin Archibald Scraper after his father.This may imply that Archie's full name was Benjamin Archibald
Scraper.

Cherokee name isArchikilli (or Ah-le-jah-gi-li)Dee-Su-Gaw-Skee (often seen spelled in
various ways). Arch was known to have had 5 different wives.

During the Civil War,
a battle was fought about 3 miles southeast of present day Welling, Okla.A group of Home Guards routed a small
detachment of Confederate Scouts who were stealing everything that they could
carry away.According to Captain Arch
Scraper, a few men were killed in the skirmish.The confederates were driven out of Cherokee Country. (Indian
Pioneer History, Vol 103, Louis Taylor interview)

Archibald spent most
of his life in service to the Cherokee People. He went to Washington as a
delegate representing the Cherokee Nation in1865, 1867, 1868, & 1869.Arch was a Senator of the Cherokee Nation
(GoingSnake District ) in 1869-70.He
was elected President of the Senate those same years.For the years 1867 & 1873 Archibald was a Council Member of
the Cherokee Legislature representing GoingSnake District.Senators & Councilors were generally
paid $3 a day for their services.In
1867 & 1868 he was Speaker pro tem of the National Council Cherokee Nation
and he was Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Cherokee Nation in
1877.

After the Civil War,
the Cherokees called a meeting at Old Tom Fourkiller's place on Evansville
Creek.The purpose of this meeting was
to get re-acquainted & make friends among themselves, that is, the Cherokee
people of Goingsnake District.There
were thousands in attendance, Arch Scraper, a captain in the Union Army, was
the speaker for the Federal Cherokees.William Penn Adair, spoke for the South.

From a handwritten
history of George W. Whitmire by Georgia Colvin, 8-10-1960:" It was not until after the Civil War
on 12-10-1869, that the Whitmire School was established on the Whitmire
Plantation (it was the little log school house where the Proctor fight occurred
in 1872.)The first men to serve on the
new school board were George Whitmire, Arch Scraper, and Gideon Morgan with
Mrs. Nan Duncan nee Starr as teacher."

The Goingsnake
Massacre occurred on April 15th 1872.Arch Scraper sensing trouble, used his authority as Director of Public
Schools to order the trial of Zeke Proctor moved from the Goingsnake Courthouse
to the Whitmire School house.Archie
thought that the Schoolhouse, which was about 16 or 18 feet square and had only
two windows on each side, would be safer than the more open courthouse.More on this
incident

During the Ezekiel
Proctor incident referred to in the preceding note, Arch was foreman of the
jury.A posse of marshals and Beck
family members rode up during the trial and began shooting.Men were killed & wounded on both sides.Arch Scraper & Ellis Foreman (a juror
who sustained a shoulder wound in the fight) were arrested and taken to Ft.
Smith for trial.Archie was ironed and
otherwise abused.They gave bail &
the trial was put off.After
investigation, the case was dismissed. This massacre still rates as the highest
death toll for U.S. Marshals during one incident in United States history.

According to family
history, Archibald was called upon at times to be an Indian Marshal. (The
Indian Marshals were appointed by the Chief and were based in Tahlequah, rather
than Fort Smith like the Marshals appointed by Judge Parker) Supposedly, the
town, Corbin, Okla. was renamed Scraper, Okla. in honor of Archibald Scraper,
after he had cleaned up the town, and gotten rid of all of the outlaws.After three Marshals or Sheriffs were sent
in and did not come out, Scraper was called upon to see what could be
done.He decided to handle the problem
in a different manner than the previous three.Marshall Scraper would camp outside the town until a small party
of them would come out to get supplies.He would capture them and take them to jail, and then return to wait for
more of them to come out.Arch realized
that if he went into the town, the outlaws would gang up on him, and being
greatly outnumbered, he wouldn't make it out alive. (from oral history passed
down to Manford Jr. Scraper from a Mr. West who had grown up in the vicinity of
the old Scraper settlement))

It seems that when a
new road went in, it bypassed the old town of Scraper, Indian Territory, which
was on the Illinois river about 2 miles southeast of where the current Scraper
General Store on Highway 10 is located.The settlement gradually faded away with time.When a Post Office was later established in the area, it was
named Scraper Post Office in honor of Captain Archibald Scraper.It was at the old General Store and
Gristmill, which were located approximately 100 yards south of the current
General Store (1999).Although the Post
Office, the gristmill, and the Scraper School (Walnut School), are no longer
there, the area is still known as Scraper today.

Imagine the fear and
respect the outlaws would have had for Marshal Arch Scraper, when word spread
that he had shot and killed his own son, Calvin, who was a known outlaw.(see
notes for Calvin Scraper). (The stories of Archie being a lawman are passed
down to us through several sources, although some say he was a US Marshall,
others say Territorial Marshall, and still others say he was a Sheriff )

Max Scraper tells me
that the Old Timers told him that Archibald was a Scout on the 'Trail of
Tears'.He would range out ahead and
search for possible dangers in the trail ahead.

As an old man, Arch
was known to occasionally go to Westville, I.T., he would take a silver &
or gold coin with him and sit on the street corner.People would approach him offering to trade or barter, to
exchange their wares for his coin.This
story handed down through family members states that Archie would only respond
to these traders with a grunt.When
they offered an item, or items, that he wanted, for a price he was willing to
pay, he agreed to the deal with a grunt or two.Certainly his ability to speak the Cherokee language was
undebatable, as he was very active in Cherokee Nation politics, including,
President of the Senate in 1869-70, and Speaker pro tem of the National Council
in1867-68.We assume his command of the
English language was good, since he was said to have attended Dartmouth College
back east, and one of his wives was an English speaking white woman (Elizabeth
Bell) whom he met in Washington D.C.' Yes- No- Maybe- Not a Chance'a lot can be said with a few grunts....but why Archie negotiated this way is unknown, maybe he was able to get
better deals in this manner.(from oral history passed down to Manford Scraper
Jr.)

On May 13th at his
home in Goingsnake District Arch Scraper one of the oldest and most prominent
fullbloods passed away in the 88th year of his age.Mr. Scraper was prominent in politics for over 40 years.He was a delegate to Washington several
years in succession.He was Supreme
Judge, serving in both branches of Council.Mr. Scraper was one of the old time Cherokee that removed to this
country from beyond the Mississippi, and we doubt if there is a half dozen now
living.(believed to be from a Tahlequah
newspaper- May 21st 1904).

Malinda had a half brother named Calvin McIntosh, and uncles
named James and William McIntosh.

Children:

20.i.Elizabeth
'Betsy'3 Scraper b. about 1848.

21.ii.Nancy
Scraper b. about May 1848.

22.iii.Archilla
Scraper b. 1856.

23.iv.Annie
Scraper b. 2 Oct 1858.

24.v.Louisa
Scraper b. about 1860.

25.vi.Calvin
Scraper b. 1861.

vii.Sallie Scraper, b. about 1862 in Goingsnake
District, I. T., d. about 1879.Cherokee name was Ka-ho-ga.

26.viii.Albert
Scraper b. 22 Mar 1866.

He married (2) AFT 1865 in Washington City, Elizabeth Bell, b. ABT 1850, d. in
Goingsnake District, I. T., buried in Scraper Cemetery, Scraper Hollow,
GoingSnake District, I.T.Elizabeth:
The name Asabella Scraper shows up on the 1870 Cherokee Census for GoingSnake
District as a white citizen of the Nation.This could be another name for Arch's white wife.

He married (3) ABT 1879 in Goingsnake District by Rev. A.L.
Lacey, /__________ /.

He married (4) ABT 1888, Sarah Crist, b. ABT 1873.Sarah: Of the Chewey family, Sarah may have
married a Mr Smith after she and Archie dissolved their marriage.

He married (5) 29 Mar 1898 in Baron, IndianTerr. -- Christie, Okla., Mary Ross Little, b. 11 Jan 1883 in Flint
District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, d. 25 Aug 1965 in Mulvane, KS,
buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Beloit, KS.Mary:Mary is believed to be
the first of her siblings to be born in Cherokee Nation West - Indian
Territory.Her older siblings were born
in Tennessee before the family migrated west.An old legend stated that Mary was born on the trail from Tennessee to
Cherokee Nation West, but the dates don't add up, unless the family, after
having moved to Cherokee Nation in about 1881, journeyed back to briefly visit
family in Tennessee, with Mary possibly being born on the road during such a
journey.The Pension record of Mary's
father gives an address in January of 1884 as Flint District, Cherokee
Nation.Indicating that the family was
still living with family west of Stilwell at the time of Mary's birth, although
shortly thereafter they are believed to haved moved a few miles north to
Scraper Hollow, Goingsnake District.

After Mary's first
husband Arch Scraper passed away, she married William Vanbeber and left Scraper
Hollow.The family lived in Chouteau,
Okla, Strang, Okla. and Pryor, Okla. before moving to Galena, KS,Ft. Scott, KS, and then, in 1915, they moved
to Asherville, KS.The family moved
from place to place as Billy's job with the railroad required.The railroad dismissed him when he was close
to retirement.Shortly before this, he
had broken his hip when he slipped while loading watermelons onto his
truck.He had a truck farm (near
Asherville, KS) where he raised watermelons, cantaloupes, and sweet potatoes.

Archibald Scraper came
to Joseph's rescue, possibly during the Civil War, as a token of his
appreciation, Joseph Little promised to give Archibald one of his daughters to
wed.An interesting point: Mary was not
even born yet at this time.Arch had to
wait for Mary to be born, and then to reach proper age for marriage.I'm sure glad it worked out!

Joe Little and family
lived up the hill above the big spring (Scraper Spring) from Archibald.Arch would have seen the children from time
to time as they grew up, especially when they were sent to bring water from the
spring, gather firewood, or other chores.Aunt Kae (Mary Kae Scraper Zerofski) adds to her brother Manford's
story---- Aunt Julia told me that when she and Mary were young ladies they
would sometimes come upon Arch Scraper going the opposite direction on the
walking path or wagon road in Scraper Hollow.Julia said that her & Mary would giggle as young ladies do because
Arch was such a charming and handsome man.Later when Arch & Mary were married, it was an arranged marriage.

Mary was a crack shot
with a gun.Aunt Marie recalled hearing
of a time when her mother shot a turkey in the head..... while it was running,
so they would have some meat for the table.Mary carried a small pistol for protection, a' hidy-out gun.'This was the same gun she used when she shot
the turkey.Mary's son, Manford,
decided to check the accuracy of his mother's gun one time.He drove a large nail part way into a
post.Then he backed off a few paces
and took aim and fired.His shot had
driven the nail all the way into the post."Yes sir, it shoots true alright", he said.

Max Scraper remembers
that when Grandma Mary got very upset with the boys (when they were playing a
little too rough with the young ones, or getting a bit rowdy), she would scold
them in Indian rather than English.

Children:

27.ix.Frank
(Joseph Franklin) Scraper b. 18 May 1899.

28.x.Manford
Noah Scraper b. 20 Jul 1903.

6.Otter (William C.)2
Scraper, (Dee-su-gaw-skee1) b. ABT 1832 in Cherokee Nation East,
d. AUG 1896, military in Corporal Co G 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles Confederate
Army, 11-5-1861.Cherokee name was
Che-yah.He lived in GoingSnake
District, first in Scraper Hollow in the same cabin with his father, later
moving to Wauhilla across the road from Watt & Ned Christie.More about
Otter Scraper

Otter was a Councilman & Interpreter for the Cherokee
National Council in1863.

He married Sah-kin-ney (Sallie) Kingfisher,
d. SEP 1888.Sah-kin-ney, also written
Sah-le-ke-ne.

8.Lewis (Te-Su-Gan-Ske)2
Scraper, (Dee-su-gaw-skee1) b. in Cherokee Nation East, d. 4 Mar
1863 in Civil War, Cincinnati, Arkansas.Military- Private, Co. H, 2nd Indian Home Guards.Lewis died during the Civil War near
Cincinnati, Arkansas of a gunshot wound while on duty.His scouting party was riding hard hoping to
surprise some bushwhackers.A gun
belonging to one of their party accidentally discharged hitting Lewis in the
back of the head.He died instantly and
was buried by his brother David and other members of the company. (testimony of
Adam Russell, James Muskrat, William Hawk, and Falling Buzzard-Co. H, 2nd
Indian Home Guard)

Lewis was in Company H with his brothers.The youngest brother, Capt George Scraper,
was killed in action at the Battle of Spring River, Missouri.David Scraper died near the close of the war
on Cheasles River, Cherokee Nation.Nicholas Scraper died in the winter of 1862-63 at Elis Spring, Arkansas.

Buried in Lynch's
Prairie Cemetery, near Strang, OK.Henry's Cherokee name was Nur-nor-dur-hi.

Report of Maj. Moses B. C. Wright, Second Home Guard.

HDQRS.DETACH. 1st
BRIG., ARMY OF THE FRONTIER,

Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation, February 27, 1864.

LIEUTENANT: I have the honor to report that, in obedience to
instructions from your headquarters, dated January 27, 1864, I proceeded to
Cane Hill and Rhea's Mills, Ark., arriving there on the 29th, for the purpose
of supplying the command with flour and foraging the stock.I found soon after arriving there thatCaptain Buchanan with part of his company of
guerrillas had crossed the Arkansas from below and was then in the mountains
near Cane Hill, but was unable to get any definite information of his
whereabouts, until on the night of the 8th of February he dashed into the
command at Rhea's Mills and wounded 2 men.The next morning a party was started in pursuit, who, after following
them through the mountains all day, came upon them, when a skirmish ensued,
which resulted in killing 3 of the rebels and slightly wounding their
captain.After this affair they
remained very quiet, concealed in the mountains, until on the night of the 20th
instant they came in near Cane Hill, and stole a Government horse out of the
corral.Upon making this discovery, I
started Sergt. Henry Scraper, in command of a party, in pursuit, who, after
following them over the mountains about 15 miles, overtook them on the side of
a steep bluff, where they had halted to rest their stock.Scraper halted and formed his men, when he
charged them, completely routing them, killing Captain Buchanan and 3 of his
men, besides capturing their horses, arms, saddles, bridles, blankets,
clothing, & c.I captured altogether
8 horses, 3 Enfield rifles, 2 Mississippi rifles, 1 Sharps carbine, and 2 Colt
navy revolvers, together with the saddles, bridles, & c., above
mentioned.On Thursday, the 25th
instant, I received orders to turn over my command to Maj. Charles Willetts,
Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry, and report in person to your headquarters, where I
arrived yesterday after an absence of thirty days.

I have the honor to
remain, lieutenant, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

M. B. C. Wright,

Major
Second Indian Regiment, Comdg. Detachment.

Lieut. WILLIAM
GALLAHER

Aclg. Asst.
Adjt. Gen., First Brigade.

Henry H. Scraper Civil War Claim

1 new waggon, harness, sheet taken by rebs at Cabin Creek fight
in 1864$460

She married 8 Jun 1865, George Washington Clark, b. 18 Mar 1843 in Delaware
District, I.T., d. 30 Dec 1914 in Vinita, Okla, buried in Fairview Cemetery,
Vinita, OK.George was a Private
assigned to Company E, Third Indian Home Guard Regiment of the Confederate
Army.He later switched to Union
side.He was Judge of the Circuit
Court, Northern District, Cherokee Nation, for terms of 1879 and 1883.

Cattle brand was 7C.Range on Pryor Creek.

George W. Clark
was one of the early day cattlemen, and owned a big cattle ranch five miles
northwest of Adair.He was a white man,
and married Lydia Ann Scraper, and to this union a large family of children
were born.George had the name of
having more cattle on his ranch that were paid for than any other cattleman in
this part of the Territory.He moved to
Vinita in the early 90's and built a fine home, where he lived until the time
of his death.He served for a number of
years as vice president of the First National Bank of Vinita.He was one of the country's most substantial
citizens.His wife was a great church
worker and was a pillar in the Methodist church, of Vinita.

(From: James R. Carselowey - Indian Pioneer History Papers page
450) *George was not entirely white, his great-grandmother was half
Cherokee(Catherine McDaniel Ward).

The Cherokee Stockman's Protective and Detective Association
was formed to assist cattlemen and put an end to rustling.The association was organized Sept 3, 1884,
at Vinita with G. W. Clark as the first president.(Vinita, I. T.The Story
of a Frontier Town of the Cherokee Nation by O. B. Campbell)

Judge George W. Clark Dead - Vinita paper Jan 1, 1915

George W. Clark Sr.,
died at his home in this city Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, after lingering
illness.Deceased was a native of the
old Cherokee Nation and was one of the best known men in this section of the
state.He was always industrious,
progressive, a large property holder and was always found in the front ranks of
the countrys development.He served for
several years as a Cherokee Judge when the Indians maintained their own local
government.Deceased was born March
1843 near Maysville, Ark., and was in his74th year.He married June 8, 1865, to Miss Lydia A. Scraper, who survives
him.The other surviving members of the
family are: W. H. Clark, Mrs. Lee Barrett, Mrs. E. B. Frayser, Ross and Maday
Clark, all of this city, and Mrs. J. L. Kell of Chelsea, and Geo. W. Clark Jr
of Strang.He is also survived by one
brother, Wm. A. Clark of Chelsea, and three sisters, Mrs. Louisa Young of
Wagoner, Mrs. Lucy Duncan of Afton, and Mrs. Ellen Taylor of Strang.Funeral services were conducted at the home
yesterday afternoon at 2:30 by Rev. Taylor, Pastor of the M. E. Church, South,
after which the Masons took charge and accompanied the remains to the cemetery
where the Masonic burial rites were performed in consigning the body to the
ground.

Mr. Joseph Scraper,
whose return from California was noticed in a recent number of this paper, in
failing health, we regret to state, died at the residence of his father, George
W. Scraper, in Vinita, last Monday.The
family suffering under this affliction have our sincere sympathy.Deceased was a brother of Mrs. Clark, wife
of Judge G. W. Clark.

Mrs. Eliza Rowe, aged
64 years, died at the P. & S. Hospital in Muskogee early Tuesday morning,
after suffering for some time with erysipelas.She had been making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Siame Mayes, south
of Pryor, and was taken to the hospital last Saturday, where she might have the
best of attention, and they had hopes of her recovery.

The remains were
shipped to Pryor Tuesday evening and interment took place Wednesday morning in
the Vann’s Chapel Cemetery, west of Pryor. (transcribed by Judy Rowe Boemio).

She
married 24 Jan 1901, Tillman Rose Wright, b. 27 Mar 1867, (son of John
Ross 'Jack' Wright and Charlotte Cornelia
Whitmire) d. ABT 1924, buried in
Whitmire Cemetery, Adair Co., Okla.Tillman: The Adair County Gleaner:Feb 1924 - The last remains of Till Wright were brought back from Pryor,
Okla and laid to rest in the Whitmire Cemetery.Mr. Wright was is a brother of W. W. Wright and has many old
friends and relatives here who will mourn his death.

Nancy married (1) BEF 1868, Jesse Shell, b. 1838 - 1839 on trail
during emigration to new country, (son of John Shell and Lucy ________) d. 15 Jul 1887.Jesse’s Cherokee name was
Tzu-ne-gu-la-hi-dah.He was a guard at
the Proctor incident at the Whitmire schoolhouse.

From the Vinita Indian Chieftain, 11-19-1885-- The death
sentence of Stover for killing Archilla Scraper has been commuted to
imprisonment for a stated time.As the
council is now in session it may be well to repeal the death penalty for
murder, as it will save the chief and his executive councilors the trouble of
disregarding the verdict of twelve men as wise and just as they.

From the Indian
Pioneer History interview of William Jones: "The Stover boys (Jim &
John Stover) were hung when Lincoln England was Sheriff."

There were different
types of marriages among the Cherokee.Some of them were married first in a traditional Cherokee style
ceremony, and then later in a marriage performed by an Indian or white minister
of one of the new religions to Indian Territory, Methodist/Baptist etc.

Miss Ruth Thornton
was married to Mr Arch (Archilla) Scraper in the Baptist style on July 22nd
1883, by A.L. Lacie at Peavine Baptist Church.

It was common knowledge in those days, that Calvin Scraper was
an outlaw.One night his outlaw days
came to an abrupt end when a confrontation occurred between Calvin and a tough
Indian Territory Lawman in an area that is now known as Westville, Okla.The Lawman made a supreme sacrifice that
night, as Territorial Marshall Archibald Scraper was forced to shoot and kill
his own son, Calvin Scraper.

(Official records do not agree with this story.Jno Tripplet was charged with the death of
Calvin Scrapertrial convening on May
28th 1891 at the Goingsnake District Courthouse.)

27.Frank (Joseph Franklin)3
Scraper, (Archibald2, Dee-su-gaw-skee1) b. 18 May 1899 in Scraper Hollow,
Adair Co., Okla, d. 31 Mar 1967, buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Beloit, KS,
military in WW I, U.S. Army,went in at
Ft. Riley ( FT. Funston).Frank's
Cherokee name was 'Cho-oo-nay-ga' or 'White Tobacco').As a boy he was called Archy, and also
Smokie.

At Asherville High School, Frank played center on the football
squad.

Company E, 4th
Battalion, K. S. G.,(COMPANY "E," 4TH BATTALION, Asherville, Kansas)
became widely known over the state of Kansas on account of its activities in
the Liberty loan and Red Cross drives. It,also, participated in rounding up
slackers, alien enemies, and German sympathizers. It was one of the best
drilled companies of the Kansas State Guard. (Uncle Frank is listed as a
private with this company. Also listed is James S. Vanbeber, who is believed to
have been Frank's stepfather's brother)

Frank was on the
Asherville School Board for about 16 years.He taught School, District 27, Mitchell County, before he was married.

Frank was a Lay
Minister and a Gideon.He would give
talks at the area Churches around Beloit and he would hand out bibles and place
them at area motels. (from Kathleen Critchfield - March 29th 2008).

When grandpa was a
kid, he made himself a banjo and taught himselfto play it.He also played the guitar and harmonica.

In about 1934,
Manford packed up his family and headed for Arkansas.He had built a trailer out of a Model-T chassis and traded it for
40 acres near Fayetteville, site unseen.The family drove to Arkansas in a Willis Knight automobile.Manford had cut the cab off and built a box
on it, the kids were able to sleep in the back.One of the items that they had on board was Grandma's kitchen
stove.It was a kerosene stove and it
had four burners and an oven.The
kerosene was contained in a glass bottle.They ended up trading the stove for a tank of gas, groceries, and $5,
which was all the cash the proprietor had in his store (it was during the great
depression).Once they reached the hill
country, Grandma and Manford Jr would place rocks behind the wheels to keep the
car from rolling backwards while they tried to get it up the steep grades.When they arrived at the land, they found
that a forest fire had destroyed the house that they were going to stay in
temporally while they built a house of their own.Their belongings were tied down on top of the car, including
mattresses which they would take down and throw on the ground to sleep on when
they found a good camping spot.They
camped by the river for a couple of weeks in a cave with a large overhanging
cliff overhead.They then went to stay
with Henry and Jennie Smith (Grandma Mary's sister) for a few days, at
Christie, Oklahoma.There was a spring
near the front porch and Great-Grandma Nancy was afraid the baby (Johnny) was
going to fall into it.Things didn't work
out, so the family moved back to Asherville, KS.

When I was about 8 or
9 years old, Grandpa Manford told me that when he was a boy in Oklahoma, one
method of fishing was to dive into the river with a large hook tied to a line,
the diver would attempt to jab the hook into a giant catfish, while others on
shore would be ready to haul in the line, and try to get the monster onto dry
land.I believe he mentioned the Grand
river as a fishing spot. (Joe Scraper Jr)

Manford was very
good at witching for water.He could
tell where to place a well and how deep the water was from the surface.He preferred a peach or willow branch for
dowsing, but he could dowse with almost anything if necessary.He once used a D-style shovel handle in a
pinch.Many people called on him when
they needed to locate a good place to dig a well.

Jennie married (1) ABT 1882, Ned Christie, b. 14 Dec 1852, d. 3 Nov
1892, buried in Watt Christie Cemetery, Goingsnake District, I.T.Ned: Cherokee name was Na-dieWah-die.Ned hid out at 'The Ole Scraper Place' for a while after he was accused
of killing Marshall Dan Maples.He had
been drinking at a place run by Jennie's cousin, Nancy (Scraper) Shell.He had passed out near the creek and when he
awoke found that someone had shot the marshal and blamed him for the deed.

I was born in an humble farm home, May 27, 1857, in the Cherokee
Nation, near what is called Wauhillau.......I knew Ned Christie during his
childhood days and mine.I attended
school with this well known outlaw.I
remember so well how I have jumped the rope while Ned Christie
counted1-2-3-4-5, etc., while we were having a jumping contest.He would hold one end of the rope and laugh
with glee, as any normal child. (Indian Pioneer History Project interview
#12893, Elmira Stevens).

Children:

i.James4
Christie, d. JUL 1893.(note: James may have been a stepson of
Jennie, partly raised by her).

She married 4 Apr 1894 in George Clark home, Adair, Saline
District,I. T., William Edward Sanders, b. 2 Apr 1859 in Baron Fork,
Goingsnake District, I. T., d. 14 Oct 1939, buried in Woodlawn Cemetery,
Claremore, OK.William: William was
elected Sheriff in 1888.In a shoot out
with the Queen gang at Claremore, William was shot in the shoulder.He lost a Deputy in the fight.

Cherokee AdvocateFebruary 15, 1886

Vinita, Indian Territory- Notice to all citizens of
Cooweescoowee District who have permits for citizens of the United States to
not allow them to hunt and kill game as it is strictly against the laws of the
Cherokee Nation, as published in this paper in An Act entitled An Act to
Prevent the Shipping of Game Beyond the Limits of the Cherokee Nation. Notice
is also given to all non-citizens from cutting, hauling and selling timber from
the Public Domain of the Cherokee Nation. And if said non-citizens continue to
cut timber off the Public Domain contrary to my orders, I shall levy all timber
so cut for the benefit of the Nation, and seize all such non-citizens with all
their wagons and teams for such offense, and turn them over to the US Agent to
be prosecuted under the Intercourse Law.This notice is given under an Act of the National Council, restricting
non-citizens from trespassing upon the Public Domain of the Cherokee Nation. W
E Sanders, Sheriff, Cooweescoowee District.

She married 27 Nov 1901, Edward Bates Frayser.Edward ran with Quantrill's Raiders.Later he was the Doctor in charge of declaring that those who had
been ordered hung by Judge Parker were dead.A book containing his notes is at the University at Norman, Okla.The brand he used on his cattle and horses
was two circles side by side, one smaller than the other.Range on Big Cabin Creek 7 miles west of Bluejacket.

52.Joanna 'Josie' Ann4
Scraper, (Joseph3, George2, Dee-su-gaw-skee1)
b. 5 Feb 1879, d. 20 Sep 1914, buried in West Cemetery, east of Strang,
OK.Josie was teaching at the old
Requah School located near the West Cemetery when she married W. L. Ross.

She married 9 May 1901, William Larkin Ross, b. 1876, d. 1945, buried in
West Cemetery, east of Strang, Okla.

55.Martin McIntosh4
Rowe, (Elizabeth3, George2, Dee-su-gaw-skee1)
b. 30 Aug 1876 in Rowe's Prairie, Saline District, Cherokee Nation, d. 26 Apr
1960 in Fayetteville, AR, buried in Stilwell, OK."A .45 was just part of your dress back then, you'd no more
go without one than you'd go without your britches." (Martin M. Rowe
referring to life in the Cherokee Nation during the late 1890's)

While in Quanah, Texas (Hardeman, TX) Martin enlisted in the
army during the Spanish-American War.He served until the war was over.

Martin was charged with the killing of Sheriff Jess Sunday near
the Saline District Courthouse, but later all charges were dropped and he was
elected Clerk of the Cherokee National Council in 1903.In 1945 he became Adair County Clerk.

Simon married (1) ABT 1894, Sally Viola (Ada) Osborn, (daughter of Orlando W.
Orsborn and Celeter Waters) d. FEB 1902 in Muskogee, I.
T., buried in Scraper Hollow, GoingSnake District, I.T.Sally's parents, Orlando and Celeter Osborn
signed the affidavit on the Miller app for Leona Walkingstick stating that they
had known her five years (as of Dec 1906).Orlando signed his name Osborn (sometimes the name has been seen spelled
Orsborn).

Tahlequah Arrow - Feb 22nd 1902

Mrs. Simon R. Walkingstick died at her home in Muskogee
Saturday.A telephone message was
received here Saturday afternoon by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O.W. Orsborn,
announcing their daughters' sickness.They started to Muskogee but she died soon after the message was sent
and the father and mother met the funeral procession at Fort Gibson.The remains were buried Sunday at the
Walkingstick place twenty-five miles northeast of Tahlequah.She leaves a husband and several little
children.

Note: In 1902 the Walkingstick place where the family lived was
in Scraper Hollow south of the Arch Scraper place.Simon had taken over his father's place there.Simon also kept a home at Muskogee while he
worked for the Dawes Commission.

61.Leona4
Walkingstick, (Elizabeth3, Archibald2, Dee-su-gaw-skee1)
b. 8 Feb 1873 in Scraper Hollow, GoingSnake District, I.T., buried in
Okla.May have also been called Viola
Walkingstick.Cherokee name was
Ja-ga-do-we-sta.During 1904 she taught
at Mulberry School.

Leona married (1) Charley W. Saunders, (son of Henry W. Saunders and Julia Ann Laffery). Charley: Charley was a
Sheriff out of Tahlequah.After a bank
robbery, a posse was gathered to track down the robbers.Charley broke off from the rest of the posse
because of a disagreement on which direction the outlaws had taken.The posse went their own way, while Charley
headed up the Illinios river.After a
time, he came across the robbers trail and began to follow it.He found where they had discarded some of
their loot.Apparently, when they
realized he was tracking them, they decided the silver was too heavy, and was
slowing them down so they left a portion of it behind.Charley gathered up the silver and went back
to town.The posse saw Charley and
explained that they were unable to find any sign of the outlaws, or the path
that the outlaws had taken.Charley
told them that he had found their trail and that part of the stolen loot was
now back in the bank. (from Marvin & Don Cagle)

Charley & Leona
(Lena) were living in the Moodys area north of Tahlequah in 1930 with their two
month old adopted daughter, Galelo.Charley's brother James was living nearby.This was close to Molly Field Cemetery were their mother Julia
was buried.

Children:

i.Christina5
Saunders, b. 19 Dec 1898 in Indian
Territory, d. 1912 in Oklahoma, buried in Molly Field Cemetery on Highway 10
south of Scraper, Okla.

She married William Watt, b. SEP 1879 in Indian Territory,
(son of Jackson Watt and Margaret 'Peggy' Reese) b. 1880 in Cherokee Nation,
d. 20 Sep 1918 in Adair Co., Okla.William: Cherokee name was Oo-loo-loh-da-nah.William & his friend Richard Reese were killed when they were
run over by the Frisco freight train.

Graveside
funeral service for George Walkingstick, 52, was held July 23 in the England
family cemetery on what was originally the Lincoln England (his grandfather's)
home site.

Rev.
George Guthrie was the officiating minister. Roberts Funeral Home was in charge
of the burial.Mr. Walkingstick, the
son of John and Pamelia Walkingstick was born and reared in the England Hollow
community. His death was ruled as from natural causes after an autopsy was
performed at a Tulsa hospital.He was
found north of Stilwell near the railroad tracks July 18 by two men.It was believed he had been dead five or six
days. The body was taken by Adair County Attorney Lawrence T. Spray to
Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, where a pathologist found there were no
broken bones, concussion or wound of any kind.There are no near relatives surviving, although there are a number of
cousins.

Josie had a large
photograph in an oval bent-glass frame of her grandfather, Arch Scraper shaking
hands with President Abraham Lincoln.It hung on the wall of her living room.

She was always busy
running here & there in that red scarf she liked to wear, helping wherever
help was needed.She was often seen
walking down the trail from her house to Gertie Rector's place in Scraper
Hollow, or along the road to Whitmire and Addielee, and back again to Christie.

Josie was a school
teacher at Stilwell, Okla. and was appointed Postmaster of Christie Okla in
1930.

Josie married (1) ABT 1895, Eli Wofford.Allen Candy mentions in his Indian Pioneer History interview
July 22nd 1937, that Eli Wofford was a U.S. lawman who was killed along with
Charley Proctor in a shooting scrape with some outlaws during an Indian
Convention at a spring north of Tahlequah near Moody.

Callie B. McNiece, states in her IPH interview that her Uncle
Eli Wofford was the Chief of Police and was killed during the convention and
another uncle, Leonard Williams, was wounded.She continues, "They were arresting a drunk Indian when some of
this Indian's political allies took up the matter and a free for all fight
followed with the above result."

Children:

126.i.Jess5
Wofford b. 8 Sep 1896.

Josie married (2) ABT 1899, Lee Wyly.Lee: Allen Candy mentions in his Indian Pioneer History Interview
July 22nd1937, that Lee Wyly was a lawman.Also states that Buff Wyly was a lawman as well.

William was raised
by his grandfather, Arch Scraper.He
was married to Sallie E. Starr on April 5th, 1903.William's cousin, Mary Etta Scraper, was married to Bird Knight
on the same day, both marriages were performed by Johnson Spade.Possibly a double marriage ceremony?

Buster was called
"Boston" by his friends, because he always wore a suit and tie, like
one of them 'Philadelphia Lawyers' or fancy Eastern Attorneys.

After winning some
money in a poker game, while walking home through the woods, Buster was
attacked by two thugs.The hickory club
they used in the assault broke in two, although it didn't even break his
skin.Buster drove off the would be
robbers and continued on his way home. (from Tom & Olivene Coker)

Buster was a good
storyteller.In those days there were
no screens on the windows or doors.Buster would sit on a cane bottom chair and everyone would gather around
to hear the ghost story.As there was
very little furniture in the house, many of the kids would sit on the floor.Gradually, while listening to the story, as
the kids became more and more frightened, they would scoot closer and closer
together.By the end of the tale they
were all bunched together in a tight circle. (as related to Don Cagle by
Buster's niece, Susie Sanders).

72.Charles4
Sanders, (Louisa3, Archibald2, Dee-su-gaw-skee1)
b. 15 Nov 1882 in GoingSnake District, I.T., d. 6 Aug 1938 in Tahlequah, Okla,
buried in Proctor Cemetery, Proctor , OK.One day Charlie and his half-brother, Buster, got into a fight.Busterhad a gun and was about to shoot
Charlie when Buster's wife, Sallie, grabbed for the gun.Charlie ended up getting shot in the
foot.After that incident, he always
remained mad at Sallie.He felt that
she was one who got him shot, when actually she saved his life. (Tom & Olivene
Coker)

Charley Sanders, well known Proctor citizen, died in the Indian
hospital at Tahlequah Saturday from injuries said to have been received in a
fight near Christie some two weeks ago. Glen Grooms of Proctor was arrested on
a charge of striking Sanders.Sanders
leaves a widow and nine children.

ii.Archie 'Shorty' Scraper, b. 14 May 1923 in Oklahoma,
d. 5 Nov 1957 in San Mateo, Calif, buried in Golden Gate National Cemetery,
military in Sgt US Army WW II.

145.iii.Marie
Scraper (details excluded).

76.John Rufas4
Scraper, (Albert3, Archibald2, Dee-su-gaw-skee1)
b. 20 Oct 1891 in Scraper Hollow, GoingSnake District, I.T., d. 15 Oct 1925 in
Adair Co., Okla, buried in Old Green Cemetery, Adair Co., Okla.According to his WW I draft card, John was
living near Proctor, Okla and working as a carpenter at Chiloco Indian School
at the time.

When Manford
was a Night Watchman in Beloit, he was also a Street Commissioner.One of his responsibilities was street
maintenance.He carried a broom and
pushed a barrel contraption on wheels through town as he made his rounds.

As a Police Officer in Beloit, Manford was about as kind
and understanding as you could hope for.For example, when he would see someone run a stop sign, he would blow
his whistle to stop them.Then he would
give them the choice of backing up and stopping at the traffic sign properly,
or going with him to the Police Station for a citation.(from conversation with Bob Scraper on Oct
29th 2000, Joe Scraper Jr.)

During my last year of high school some friends and I
took a trip down to Oklahoma and Arkansas.We went to check on the 40 acres that Uncle Manford owned over by
Fayetteville.That region is all cliffs
and hills.The land had alcohol stills
and we were stopped and questioned three times before we got there by nervous
moonshiners.Heads would suddenly pop
up and people would appear, where a moment before it had appeared vacant.The land was mostly straight up and down,
all hills and cliffs.(Bob Scraper,
conversation 1998)

Robert married 17 May 1942 in Beaver, Okla., Vida Lee Davis, (daughter of Walter Davis and Effie Johnson).

Manford Jr. said he
was raised on cornbread and buttermilk.His dad brought home buttermilk while he worked at the creamery.

Manford Jr. once rescued his little brother
Johnny at the St. Mary's, KS swimming pool.The pool was drained on Sundays and filled again on Monday.When the pool was partially filled, they
would open for business.The Scraper
boys were playing at the pool while it was filling with water.Johnny was working himself along the side of
the pool by grabbing the overflow ledge, swimming a little, then grabbing the
ledge again.When he got to the deep
end, he was unable to reach the ledge because of the low water.Jr, who was walking at the side of the pool,
saw Johnny going under for the third, and possibly the last time.He came running and dove through the steel
guard rail into the pool.Even though
he banged his head on the steel railing as he passed through, momentarily
stunning himself and nearly cracking his head open, he was able to save his
little brother.

He joined the Navy
on Aug 4th 1943 at age 17.He was a
Navy Sea-Bee in the south Pacific.At
one point due to a personnel shortage, he was pressed into service as a tail
gunner on a mission.Later he was shot
up pretty bad while on patrol there.He
was the only one who survived an ambush.A Japanese soldier walked up to him after the ambush, taunted him
"Oh, so sorry, so sorry," then left him for dead.Junior managed to crawl two miles back
toward the base camp where he was able to call out and get the attention of
someone at camp.He spent about a year
in Hawaii recovering and learning to walk again.

At the old house
at 720 Baker Street in Baldwin City Kansas, Doris was the babysitter for many
of the area children.She treated these
children as if they were her own and they all loved her very much.To us Scraper kids she was a second mother
and was very good to us.Of the meals
she cooked, a couple of my favorites were; hamburger gravy (white country gravy
loaded with bits & pieces of hamburger over mashed potatoes), and
enchiladas & sopapeeyas (she added an egg to the top of each enchilada and
allowed them to cook together).

She loved picking up
bargains at garage sales and auctions.In fact, I think that myself and her other step-children may have
inherited our junk collecting from her.(JSJr)

Doris loved to watch
shows like Perry Mason, Ironsides, Barnaby Jones, Agatha Christie, and
mysteries or who-done-it shows.She
loved her TV shows so much that she would often tape a show from one channel
while watching a different channel.The
VCR was a great friend of hers.At
times she would call Donna or any one of us and ask us to record something when
yet a third program was airing at the same time.Sometimes it seemed that those in charge of network programming
intentionally put 3 or 4 of Doris' favorite programs on air at the same time
just to watch her scramble! (JSJr)

She married ABTJUN
1900, Daniel Scott, b. 31 Jul 1872 in Flint
District, d. 16 Feb 1955 in Adair Co, Okla, buried in Echota Cemetery, Adair
Co, Okla.Daniel was on the 1880 roll
in Flint District as Obediah Scott.Dan
himself states in his Indian Pioneer History interview that he first went by
the name Foster Scott, then Kennie Scott, then Ovedi(ah), and lastly Dan.

115.Willie 'Bill' Louise5
Ross, (Joanna4, Joseph3, George2,
Dee-su-gaw-skee1) b. ABT
1902.Bill helped a surveyor named
Flood lay out the town of Strang, OK, which officially became a town onFeb 14, 1913.Bill was about 11 at the time as she tagged along and helped move
the chains.Mr. Flood was boarding at
Bill's parents place, W. L. Ross & Josie (Scraper) Ross. The town of Strang
started as a railroad depot.The
Lynch's Prairie settlement was located one mile north of Strang.

Cherokee Advocate - April 1994-Laura Bell Scott, 90,
of Coffeyville, Kansas, died January 1. Services were held January 6, in the
Graves Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in the Martin Cemetery in Oklahoma.She was born May 1, 1903, in Centralia, Okla.,
Indian Territory, to William M. and Minnie E. Nunnalee Harrison.She grew up and attended school in the
Centralia area, also attending Happy Hill School.She was an original enrollee of the Cherokee Nation and lived in
Coffeyville for 70 years.On July 20,
1920, she married James A. Scott in Tulsa, Okla.She was a life member and past president of the V.F.W. Auxiliary
and also did volunteer work with the U.S.O. during WW II.Among those she leaves behind are four sons,
Vernon, Glenn and James, all of Okla., and Melvin of Kansas; three daughters,
Minnie of Ark., Patricia of Kansas and Hallee of Okla.; one sister, Golda of
Okla.; 24 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren; and six great great
grandchildren.

ii.Charles "Mack" Walkingstick, b. 1922 in Muskogee,
Okla.Enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps
in 1941 and saw action in the Pacific theater of World War II at Saipan,
Roi-Namur in the Marshall Islands, and Okinawa. He was with the Second Marine
Corps division when it entered Nagasaki, Japan, after the U.S. dropped the
atomic bomb on that city.

Adair County DemocratNov 7, 1941-Just as we go to
press, we learn of the death of Haskell WHITMIRE, about 35 years old, well
known Cherokee citizen of the Adielee community, who died suddenly Wednesday
afternoon. Complete details are not available at this time, but from the best
we can learn, he died in a truck near Christie.The funeral will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Whitmire.

WOFFARD5-29-1942Westville Record-E. Wilson Woffard, age 41, of Christie, was fatally injured
Monday night by a M-K-T switch engine in Muskogee. According to reports the
body was found lying between the tracks, with the mangled left arm extending
across the rail.He was taken to the
Muskogee General Hospital but was dead upon arrival there.The body was returned to his home for
burial.

He married Janie C. Christie, b. 13 Nov 1901.Janie was a school teacher and she ran the
Christie Post Office for awhile.Her
sister married Biscuit Ross. (from Ruby Culbertson).

The
little three year old daughter of Troy Gibbins and Lula Scraper, died Wednesday
night with spinal trouble and pneumonia.Funeral was held at the Downing Cemetery near Baron.

The angel of death visited the home of
Wm. Scraper Wednesday night Feb 4th and bore away their little daughter
Madaline who had been ill for some time.Interment was made in Downing Cemetery Thursday afternoon.We extend to the parents and family our sympathy.

She married George Blackwood, b. 5 Oct 1903 in Goingsnake
District, (son of Isaac Blackwood and Annie Gettingdown) d. 12 Nov 1968 in Stilwell,
Okla, buried in Downing Cemetery, Baron, Okla.George: George used to haul people in his truck to pick strawberries, or
beans, etc.He knew where the bests
spots were located and he charged 50 cents per person, and later $1.00 per
person to take them there.

She was born July 12, 1943, at Marion to Wyatt W. and Ruth E.
Frey Cooper. She was reared at Hiawatha where she attended public school and
graduated from Hiawatha High School with the Class of 1961. She attended Emporia
State University.She was married to R.
David Scraper on July 6, 1961, at Emporia. They made their first home at
Emporia. They later moved to Onaga where her husband was principal in the USD
#322 school system. They moved to Conway Springs from Onaga in the fall of
1985.

Mrs. Scraper had worked for Cobean-Ren Attorneys at Law at
Wellington; and for the past year and a half had been a legal secretary for
Matlack-Foote Attorneys at Law in Wichita.She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Conway Springs; the
Business and Professional Women, which she served two terms as president; and
the Wichita legal Secretaries Association.Survivors include her husband, David Scraper of the home; four sons,
Michael Scraper and Joel Scraper, Wichita, Jeffrey Scraper, St. Louis, Mo., and
Greg Scraper of the home; her mother and step-father Ruth and Charles Haywood,
Bella Vista, Ark.; two brothers, Terry Cooper and David Cooper, Overland Park;
two sisters, Gwen Miller of Indianapolis, Ind., and Patricia Hill, Lawrence,
and three grandchildren.Funeral
services are being conducted at 2:00 p.m. today (Thursday, Sept.17) at the
United Methodist Church, Conway Springs. Graveside serviceswill be held at 1:00
p.m. Friday, September 18, at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Hiawatha.

A memorial has been established to the United Methodist Church
Music Department, Conway Springs. Ebersole Mortuary, Conway Springs was in
charge of arrangements.

Children:

246.i.Michael
David6 Scraper (details excluded).

247.ii.Jeffrey
Todd Scraper (details excluded).

iii.Joel Franklin Scraper, (details excluded).

He
married Linda Frost, (details excluded).

iv.Gregory Scott Scraper, (details excluded).

He married (2) Katherine _________, (details excluded).

150.Larry Eugene5
Scraper, (Robert4, Frank3,
Archibald2, Dee-su-gaw-skee1) b. 15 May 1947, d. 10 Jun 1974 in Ft.
Riley, KS.Larry was killed in a hand
grenade accident while in training for the National Guard.

Claremore Daily Progress - Sidney E. 'Dugan' England went
home to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 18, 2006 at his home in
Claremore.He was born in Pryor on Feb.
10, 1927, to Benjamin Sidney and Charlotte Ellen 'Lottie' (Collier)
England.Sidney was a Cherokee citizen
and proud of his heritage.He can trace
his family roots to the early 1700s.His great-grandmother Sally Scraper-England came to Oklahoma on the
"Trail of Tears." Many of his relatives were very prominent figures
in Cherokee history.

He attended Bushyhead School and played basketball
there.He was a lifelong resident of
Rogers County and the Foyil area except for his time in the U.S. Army.He served in WWII and Korea.Dugan received the WWII Victory Medal,
Occupation Medal and Marksmanship awards.He is also honored at the Cherokee Nation’s Warriors Memorial in
Tahlequah.Sid had a variety of jobs
over his lifetime.He was a farmer,
explosives detonator, and big equipment operator.He also drilled water and oil wells.Dugan could do any job in the oil field.He was a consultant for Gulf Oil company at
one time.